حلّيت جيداً عاطلاً عن درّه

بمدائح جلّت عُلىً عَن قدره

You adorned an idle one beyond his worth

With praises that exalted him above his merit

لولا عراقةُ طيبِ أَصْلِكَ لم أكن

ممّن تهبّ عليه نسمة عِطره

Were it not for your noble origin’s virtue

I would not be one on whom its fragrance blows

من أين لي وَصْفُ الكمال وَفَضْلُكُمْ

يَرْويه كلُّ مُحَدِّثٍ عن بحره

Whence do I have the words for your perfection?

Every talker draws from that sea to water it

وَكَفَاكُمُ الشّورى إذا لم يَكْفِكُمْ

بَيْتٌ كتابُ اللَّه جاء بِطُهْرِه

The council suffices you if God does not

A house, the Book of God came with its purity

فلكم مودّتُنا ولكن صَفْوُها

قَصْرٌ على عثماننا في عصره

Our affection is yours but its quintessence

Is limited for our Uthman in his time

فله الرّضى من ربّنا وله الهنا

وبلوغُه ما يَرْتجي من دهره

So God’s pleasure and our love are his

And that he attain all he hopes from fate

واللّه يمنَحُه العلومَ بأسرها

ويسرّه برقائقٍ من سرّه

And God grants him all knowledge in full

And gladdens him with subtleties from His mysteries